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Title Neuro-oncology / edited by Roger J. Packer, David Schiff
Edition 1st ed
Published Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2012
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Description 1 online resource
Series Neurology in practice
Neurology in practice (Series)
Contents Diagnosis of brain tumors : clinical and radiographic / Isabel Arrillaga-Romany, Eudocia Quant Lee, and Patrick Y. Wen -- Epidemiology and etiology / Melissa L. Bondy, Yanhong Liu, and Michael Scheurer -- General aspects of surgery / Brian Williams, Robert Louis, and Mark Shaffrey -- General approach to radiation oncology / Jennifer S. Yu and Daphne Haas-Kogan -- General aspects of chemotherapy including "biologic agents" / Jethro Hu and Santosh Kesari -- Malignant gliomas in adulthood / Michael Ivan, Matthew Tate, and Jennifer Clarke -- LGG and oligodendrogliomas in adulthood / Derek R Johnson and Kurt A. Jaeckle -- Ependymomas / Kanwal P.S. Raghav and Mark Gilbert -- Germ cell tumors and other pineal region tumors / Geneviève Legault and Jeffrey C. Allen -- Sellar tumors : pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas / Robert G. Louis, Robert Dallapiazza, and John Jane Jr -- Meningiomas / Wendy Sherman and Jeffrey Raizer -- Primary central nervous system lymphomas / Jerome Graber and Antonio M.P. Omuro -- Intradural spinal cord tumors / Ben Shofty [and others] -- Gliomas in childhood / Bruce H. Cohen -- Embryonal tumors / Roger J. Packer -- Infantile brain tumors / Alyssa Reddy -- Intracranial metastases / Mary Welch and Thomas J. Kaley -- Spinal cord compression / Melike Mut -- Leptomeningeal metastases / Sean Grimm and Marc Chamberlain -- Immune mediated paraneoplastic neurologic disorders : an overview / Myrna R. Rosenfeld and Josep Dalmau -- Neurotoxicity of radiation therapy and chemotherapy / Eudocia C. Quant Lee
Summary The aim of the Neurology in Practice series is to provide a clinical 'in the office' or 'at the bedside' guide to effective patient care for neurologists in practice and in training. The tone will be practical, not academic. The working assumption is that readers want to know what (and what not) might or should be done, without over emphasis on the why. That said, it is important to review the crucial basic science necessary for effective diagnosis and management, and to provide reminders in the context of the practical chapters. The books will not be heavily referenced, in line with a more
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Central nervous system -- Tumors.
Brain -- Tumors.
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Brain Neoplasms
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Brain -- Tumors
Central nervous system -- Tumors
Form Electronic book
Author Packer, Roger J., 1951-
Schiff, David, 1959-
ISBN 9781118321454
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9781118321478
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